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Hyperimmune Egg Patents

United States Patent # 5,772,999

Method of Preventing, Countering Or Reducing Chronic
Gastrointestinal Disorders Or NSAID- Induced Gastrointestinal

The invention is a method of preventing, countering or reducing chronic gastrointestinal disorders or NSAID-induced gastrointestinal damage in a subject, which comprises:

A. hyperimmunizing an egg-producing animal or a milk-producing animal; and

B. administering to the subject an effective amount of hyperimmunized egg product, hyperimmunized milk product, or combinations thereof.

In another embodiment, the invention is a method of preventing, countering, or reducing inflammation in a subject which comprises simultaneously administering an effective amount of an NSAID to the subject and an effective amount of a product selected from the group consisting of hyperimmunized egg product, hyperimmunized milk product, and combinations thereof.

In still another embodiment, the invention is a method of preventing, countering or reducing chronic gastrointestinal disorders or NSAID-induced gastrointestinal damage in a subject, which comprises separately administering an effective amount of a hyperimmunized egg product and a hyperimmunized milk product to the subject.